All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative.

Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgement and nothing can help you escape it - that no substitute can do your thinking, as no pinch-hitter can live your life.

I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.

Any work is creative work if done by a thinking mind.

There's nothing of any importance in life — except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from that. It's the only measure of human value.

Degrees do not matter... one does not bargain about inches of evil.

As long as men are free to speak, a small, rational minority will always prevail over an irrational majority.